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If he Targetted a politician for political reasons it's terrorism by definition.
Can this be classified as far-right terrorism too? Or is he "mentally ill"?
That is not the UK definition of terrorism.
You cannot say something was or was not terrorism from a legal point of view using a dictionary definition of terrorism.
originally posted by: CharlestonChew
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
That is not the UK definition of terrorism.
You cannot say something was or was not terrorism from a legal point of view using a dictionary definition of terrorism.
Actually I can because law and legal woo is irrelevant.
"Somebody tried to grab him, wrestling with him and then he wielded a knife, like a hunting knife, just started lunging at her with a knife half a dozen times. People were screaming and running from the area"
NO IT IS NOT!!!
The poster was saying this could be treated as a terrorism act, that implies that the perp would be charged under the Terrorism Act 2000. For this to have been the case the crime would have to fit the definition of terrorism as set out under that act (and subsequent acts and amendments) which is not some stupid on-line dictionary definition but rather a legal one.
To attempt to define terrorism using a dictionary only demonstrates that you have no idea how complex term "terrorism" really is.